Pail or like receptacle



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i/QJLM Patented Dec. 1'7, 1889.

Minesses 'UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

RALPH ARNER, OF \VATER'IOIVN, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAIL OR LIKE RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,299, dated December17, 1889.

Application filed September 30, 1889- Serial No. 325,496. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RALPH WARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at atertown, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPails and like Receptacles, of which the following is a fullspecification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings,forming a part thereof, of which 7 Figure 1 is a sectional elevation ofa pail embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectionaldetail view showing the hoop in place.

My invention consistsof certain new and useful improvements, ashereinafter set forth, in the construction of pails, tubs, churns,barrels, covered buckets, kegs, and similar receptacles. These articlesas ordinarily constructed, when made of wooden strips or staves, arebound together by hoops or bands around the outside thereof. \Vhen thusconstructed, they are subject to the disadvantage of easily falling topieces when the wood shrinks and the hoops drop off-a very commonoccurrence in receptacles of this class, especially with pails whenallowed to become dry.

I will proceed for convenience to describe my invention as applied tothe ordinary water-pail, calling attention to the fact that the sameconstruction is equally applicable to all the above-named articles andmany others.

A is the body of the pail, preferably constructed in the usual manner ofwooden strips tongued and grooved together, but which may be made of anydesired material. Along the top and bottom edges of the pail are madegrooves b 19, preferably cut around the body thereof when the pail isstill in the lathe, and into these grooves 19 b are pressed hoops B B,respectively, which, when in position, are wholly contained within thebody of the pail. I preferably make the groovesb b inclined at an anglesuch that when the hoops are pressed therein the strips of which thepail-body is composed are tightly and firmly drawn together. Instead ofhoops consisting of bands, as herein shown, wire hoops or rings may, ifdesired, be employed, in which case the grooves b I) need not be made sodeep.

Vhen the hoops are once in position, the portions of the grooves andhoops exposed to view are preferably covered with putty c or any othersuitable filling material, (see Fig. 2,) thereby entirely concealing thehoops from view, and serving, moreover, to more effectually hold thehoop firmly in the groove. The hoops being wholly contained within thematerial forming the body of the pail, the pail presents a perfectlysmooth neat appearance, and is at the same time much stronger than theordinary hooped pail in that the material cannot by any possibilityshrink away from the hoop, nor can the hoop get out of place in any way.A pail thus constructed, while much stronger and neater in appearance,costs no more than the ordinary pail with hoops on the outside.

I claim- 1. A pail or other receptacle provided along the top and bottomedges with grooves, in combination with hoops 0r rings concealed withinsaid grooves, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A pail or other receptacle provided along its top and bottom edgeswith inclined grooves, in combination with hoops fitting said grooves,whereby when the hoops are pressed in place the material of thepail-body is drawn firmly together and the hoops are concealed,substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

RALPH IVARNER.

